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About Bruno Barreto

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Bruno Barreto is a Brazilian film director who started making feature-length films at the age of seventeen. He is one of Brazil’s most accomplished and popular directors to this day. His films vary widely from light comedies like Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976) and Bossa Nova (2000) to tense political thrillers like Four Days in September (1997). Other films Barreto has directed films include Carried Away and View from the Top.

Barreto was married to actress Amy Irving from 1996 to 2005, with whom he made Bossa Nova and Carried Away. They had one son (Gabriel) together.